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[email protected] Primitive and Aboriginal Dog Society Dear Members of the Preservation of the Primitive Aboriginal Dog Society and readers of our Newsletter In this issue we publish the next three articles presented at the first international conference “Aboriginal Breeds of Dogs as Elements of Biodiversity and Cultural Heritage of Humankind” held in Almaty, Kazakhstan in September 2007: review article by Konstantin and Anna Plakhov, review article by L. S. Bogoslovskaya and article about the Tuva Ovcharka by I. A. Zakharov, S. N. Kashtanov and S. V. Kashtanova. We have also added an article recently sent to us by Sue Hamilton about the Inuit Sled Dog and the remarkable work on the preservation of this breed in Canada and Greenland. Sincerely yours, Curator of PADS, Vladimir Beregovoy 1 To preserve through education Kuzina Marina 115407, Russia, Moscow, mail-box 12; +10-(095)-118-6370; Web site: http://www.pads.ru; E-mail:
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[email protected] ABORIGINAL DOG BREEDS AS FULL VALUE ELEMENTS OF BIODIVERSITY AND THE CULTURAL HERITAGE OF THE PEOPLES OF SOUTHWESTERN ASIA K. N. Plakhov, A. S. Plakhova and M. Kh. Eleusizov (translation from Russian by Vladimir Beregovoy, editor of the English text is Sir Terence Clark) ABORIGINAL BREEDS IN THE MODERN WORLD L. S. Bogoslovskaya Institute of Heritage, Moscow, Russia (translation from Russian by Vladimir Beregovoy, editor of the English text is Sir Terence Clark) TUVA OVCHARKA (Preservation of disappearing aboriginal population) I.